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Sotnaeeum Gangnam Banpo Gosokbeoseuteomineol-jeom

솥내음 강남반포고속버스터미널점 Sotnaeeum means 'the scent of the sot' — the iron rice pot each portion is cooked and served in.

Compiled from 27 blog posts read in fullSources →

Sotnaeeum's Gangnam Banpo branch is a rice-pot (sotbap) restaurant in the basement food hall of NC Outlet Gangnam, Building 1, between Express Bus Terminal and Banpo stations. There are some twenty kinds of sotbap, each arriving on a tray with salad, kimchi, salted seafood, pickles, soup and seaweed; you scoop the rice into a bowl, mix it, and pour hot water or buckwheat tea into the empty pot to make scorched-rice tea for the end of the meal. October 2026 posts give 17,900 won for octopus sotbap, 19,900 won for eel, 25,000 won for the single seafood-jang sotbap, and 21,900 won for the limited chicken-neck or mala pork-belly sets. We read 30 posts from 14 March to 25 October 2026; 27 describe an actual meal, and 27 of the 30 appeared in the single month from 24 September.

Data as of · Published ·

Location & hours

  • Address서울특별시 서초구 잠원로 51, 지하1층 (잠원동)51 Jamwon-ro, Seocho-gu, Seoul
  • Typical spend₩4,000 – ₩25,900
  • From the station2 posts say it is walkable from the station.
  • Floor areaFloor area 91 m² · Status In business

When it opens

Of 20 posts: 11 wrote Daily 10:30–21:30, 3 wrote 10:30–21:30.

When it opens
Daily10:30–21:3011 of 20 posts
No day given10:30–21:303 of 20 posts
Break15:00–16:0016 of 17 posts
Last order20:5016 of 17 posts
ClosedNone5 of 5 posts
1 other values
OpenDaily10:00–21:30 4 of 20 posts last seen 2026-10

The values differ, but the periods they were written in do not overlap. This looks like a change over time rather than a disagreement, and the top row is the most recently reported. We did not confirm it with the restaurant.

What sets it apart

  1. Thirteen posts say the room is large or has plenty of tables — one estimates about 40 seats, others mention two- and four-person tables running into a back section.
  2. Nineteen posts mention the review offers: a croquette or two marinated shrimp for a Naver receipt review, a Cajun salad for a Kakao Map review, a piece of abalone for an Instagram post — and several say you can claim more than one. Six posts ate the shrimp they received.
  3. Seven posts call the portions large — 'more meat than rice', 'you eat until you're stuffed' — and one couple nearly burst after adding the cheese potato pancake, which came as one big round. No post calls them small.
  4. Of six posts that comment on seasoning, five say it isn't salty, even the soy-cured seafood; one found the seafood jang salty, though in a way that suited the rice.

What 27 bloggers said

11/27Most ordered
muneo sotbap
13/27Most-said good thing
Roomy
2/27Posts disclosing payment

We read all 27 in full. The most common claims are “Roomy” (13) and “Friendly staff” (8).

What they liked

Roomy13 of 27 posts
Friendly staff8 of 27 posts
Large portions7 of 27 posts
Clean7 of 27 posts
Not salty5 of 27 posts
Sweet2 of 27 posts
Returning customer1 of 27 posts
Juicy1 of 27 posts

What they struggled with

Had to wait1 of 27 posts

Where they disagree

Expensiveyes 3 · no 2
Spicyyes 3 · no 2

Things you can check on site

  • Review event 19 of 27 posts
  • In a basement 17 of 27 posts
  • Waiting area 3 of 27 posts
  • Origin labelling posted 2 of 27 posts
  • Self-order screen 2 of 27 posts
  • Takes reservations 2 of 27 posts
  • Reachable by transit 2 of 27 posts
  • Open kitchen 1 of 27 posts
  • High chairs 1 of 27 posts
  • Cooked to order 1 of 27 posts
  • Wi-Fi 1 of 27 posts
  • Phone charging 1 of 27 posts

These are raw counts, not percentages. Someone who did not mention something is not someone who disagreed.

The most ordered dish is muneo sotbap (문어 솥밥) — 11 of 27 posts.

The prices here are what bloggers wrote down in their posts, and they may have changed since. Check Naver Place for the current menu and prices. This list is not a menu board — it counts what bloggers actually ordered and ate. Check on Naver Place

17 more dishes

Parking

3 posts say you can park. None say you cannot.

Posts saying you can park3 of 27 posts

Parking is in the NC Outlet car park. Three posts actually drove; one parked above ground and found it free. Lines such as 'two hours free' or 'free depending on spend' are copied from listings and disagree with each other.

Who came, and with whom

  • With a friend 7 of 27 posts
  • Came by car 2 of 27 posts
  • Family visit 2 of 27 posts
  • Date 2 of 27 posts
  • Solo visit 1 of 27 posts

Where it is

Map showing where Sotnaeeum Gangnam Banpo Gosokbeoseuteomineol-jeom is

We could not find this shop’s own listing on Naver Map, so the link searches for its Korean name around this spot instead.

From the station

2 posts say it is walkable from the station.

Getting inside

In a basement17 of 27 posts

It is one floor down. Seventeen posts place their meal in the basement food hall of NC Outlet Building 1, and several describe the way in as down the escalator and turning around or to the left. No one mentions using a lift.

No one writes about a step at the entrance or wheelchair access. One post saw many families with strollers, but that is not a confirmation — nobody checked.

No post says where the toilets are or whether they are separate for men and women.

No one mentioned: Second floor · Lift to the floor · Ramp at the door · Step at the entrance · Step-free access · Toilet inside · Accessible toilet · Separate restrooms. That is not the same as there being none — it means we could not confirm it. Worth calling ahead, and do tell us: we will put it here.

How to read these posts

  • Posts disclosing payment2 of 27 posts
  • Someone else paid1 of 27 posts
  • Posts saying they paid themselves1 of 27 posts
  • Posts saying nothing either way23 of 27 posts

Posts that followed a TV spot

Of the 30 posts we gathered, 3 went up on a single day right after a TV spot and show no sign of a visit. They retell the broadcast, so we left them out of the counts.

We do not discard them. That a TV spot produced a burst of posts is itself something worth knowing about a place, and a star rating will not show it.

When the posts appeared

0305070910
Month by month
MonthPosts
2026-031
2026-051
2026-071
2026-093
2026-1021

What we do not know

  • Opinions on heat split: three posts found the mala pork, spicy octopus or spicy pork dishes hot, two said they weren't, and two didn't settle it.
  • Only one post says it waited: in March 2026, just after opening, the line was still going after 3 pm and the wait was about 30 minutes (20, later in the same post). One October post walked straight in; the rest only guess there might be a queue. Two booked through Naver, and three mention a waiting list and seats near the entrance.
  • Two posts say they walked from the station and found it an easy walk; directions like 'Exit 8-2, six minutes' are copied from listings.
  • Twenty posts list opening hours, all copied from listings: fourteen say 10:30–21:30, four say 10:00–21:30 (three explain the doors open at 10 but orders start at 10:30), one says 10:00–22:00 with last orders at 21:00, and one says closing at 21:00. Most agree on a 15:00–16:00 break and 20:50 last orders; one says there is no break on weekends and holidays. All say it is open every day of the year.
  • Prices have crept up: in May and July 2026 the tteokgalbi sotbap was 15,800 won, the limited set 21,800 won and the bulgogi cheese potato pancake 17,000 won; October posts give 15,900, 21,900 and 17,900 won. One post puts a meal at about 20,000 won a head. Three posts found it pricey, two found it cheap.
  • Thirteen posts give the phone number as 0507-1363-8216; one gives 02-599-8212. Two posts booked through Naver.
  • Most posts arrived in a short burst and repeat the same phrases: 27 of 30 came in the month from 24 September, many sharing wording like 'Banpo bus-terminal limited-sotbap spot', 'top hygiene rating', 'twenty-odd kinds' and 'company-run branch', plus an identical hashtag set. Only three disclose sponsorship. We did not rely on the hygiene grade, rice variety or reasons for limited sales — those are the shop's own claims.

Sources (27)

Every number above was counted from the posts below.

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Of 375 candidate posts we opened 99 and kept 27 as evidence. We stop once 30 are confirmed: beyond that the counts grow in proportion without changing the answer.